Today
Wall St plunge, bond ‘crisis’ show investors are losing faith in Trump
The president’s sprinkles of compromise are no longer enough to override the realisation that the economic effect of the war – and the fighting – will stick around for a while yet.
Yesterday
Rinehart cheers young Aussies on MAGA fact-finding mission
Young Australian conservatives backed by entrepreneur Steve Baxter bumped into Australia’s richest person in Texas at a politician action conference.
US jobless claims drop to lowest in almost two years
Continuing unemployment claims in the US fell by 32,000, signalling stability in the labour market despite the economic fallout from the war in Iran.
This Month
Trump insists Iran desperate for a deal as crisis deepens
Iran’s foreign minister insisted peace talks with the US were not under way, contradicting the White House as the war’s economic and humanitarian toll mounted.
Sign of things to come: Meta, Google’s ‘Big Tobacco’ moment
The $8.6 million in damages awarded to a young plaintiff will barely register on the companies’ balance sheets, but the fallout could be more damaging.
Influencers are earning big money to make one sector young and hip
They are helping cruises shake off the image that such holidays attract older travellers and those mostly interested in all-inclusive drinks packages.
Robot joins Melania Trump at White House event to tout AI teachers
The humanoid robot, which introduced itself as “Figure 03”, joined the first lady to welcome first spouses from around the world to a technology summit.
Here’s what Trump’s former Iran tsar makes of the current conflict
Brian Hook once managed relations with Iran. The Cerberus vice chairman is now hunting investment opportunities in an “era of great power competition”.
Trump visits Graceland, muses about beating Elvis in a fight
The US President took a surprise tour of the music legend’s former estate, one of the most visited tourist sites of its type in the US, during a trip to Memphis.
‘I messed up’: Harrowing final moments in New York runway crash
Video shows the Air Canada plane was travelling at 210km/h when it and the fire engine collided on the tarmac, initial investigations have found.
Trump’s Iran playbook was written in the 1980s
It’s a stretch to call this a war foretold, but the US president’s playbook on the Islamic Republic has long been in plain sight.
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI
A slew of right-wing accounts, peddling patriotism mixed with soft-core pornography, use fake women and convincing imagery to grab viewers.
Inside the smackdown of Sam Altman at elite Hollywood party
As Mick Jagger danced and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos steamed at a Vanity Fair party, the Open AI boss was confronted about his tech by a playwright.
Action star and internet icon Chuck Norris dies at 86
Chuck Norris was a martial arts hero whose tough guy image led to later fame as an internet meme.
Trump invokes Pearl Harbour ‘surprise’ after Japanese PM offers help
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi offered to help Donald Trump broker relations with allies to end the war in Iran, which she warned was a “big hit” on the economy.
With no clear way out, Trump is tipped to escalate in Iran
Facing a MAGA fracture, angry voters and upset allies, the president appears ill-prepared to manage the widening fallout of the war and without a road map out.
‘Nobody knows’ the economic hit from Iran, says an uncertain Powell
The US central bank chairman said rising oil prices would push up inflation, but the duration and scope of that upward pressure were unknown.
Will LinkedIn’s #OpenToWork banner make you look desperate?
Cheerful stickers indicating labour market availability are getting more common as job openings become scarcer.
Author murdered rich husband, then wrote book on grief over his death
A court found that Kouri Richins was $6.4 million in debt and falsely believed that when her husband died she would inherit his multi-million dollar estate.
Top Trump official resigns, says Iran posed ‘no imminent threat’
The resignation marks the first major fissure in Donald Trump’s MAGA base and comes amid heightening concerns about terrorism within the US.
Inside the Oscars party stars leave actual Oscars ceremony to attend
At his annual fund-raiser, the rock star also hosted Donatella Versace and Brooklyn Beckham for a private Oscars party in West Hollywood.
Rio, BHP court win unlocks land for mega US copper mine
Rio Tinto and BHP’s legal win was a milestone in their bid to establish a copper mine in Arizona that has been caught in legal tangles for more than a decade.
Trump’s pioneering top aide diagnosed with breast cancer
Susie Wiles served as Trump’s campaign manager before taking the top job running his second presidency. She remains one of his closest advisers.
‘One Battle After Another’ takes best picture prize at the Oscars
Australia’s Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi missed out on golden statues as “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” battled for Academy Awards supremacy.
Big super’s Silicon Valley jaunt an AI wake-up call of a lifetime
Ostensibly opening doors for major asset managers, the US summit is also an opportunity to hear what is keeping the world’s largest investors awake at night.
